neo-lamarckism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.26 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by later biologists, especially as maintaining that the offspring inherits traits acquired by the parent from change of environment, use or disuse of parts, etc.
Uncountable
Etymology
From neo- + Lamarckism.